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Jonathan Kimble Simmons (born January 9, 1955) is an American actor. He has been cited as one of the greatest contemporary character actors, and has appeared in over 200 film and television roles since his debut in 1986. He is an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Critics Choice Award winner, among other accolades. His film roles include J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), tobacco industry executive B.R. in Thank You for Smoking (2005), Mac MacGuff in Juno (2007), music instructor Terence Fletcher in Whiplash (2014), Bill in La La Land (2016), William Frawley in Being the Ricardos (2021), and Commissioner James Gordon in the DC Extended Universe films Justice League (2017), Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), and Batgirl (2022). He reprised his role as Jameson in various Marvel media unrelated to the Sam Raimi trilogy, including multiple animated series and the Marvel Cinematic Universe/Sony's Spider-Man Universe films Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), Venom: Let There Be Carnage, and Spider-Man: No Way Home (both 2021), and the web series TheDailyBugle.net (2019; 2021). On television, he is known for playing Dr. Emil Skoda on the NBC series Law & Order, white supremacist prisoner Vernon Schillinger on the HBO series Oz, and Assistant Police Chief Will Pope on TNT's The Closer. From 2017 to 2019, he starred as Howard Silk in the Starz series Counterpart. He has also appeared in a series of commercials for Farmers Insurance and starred in the third season of the IFC comedy series Brockmire. In 2020, he had recurring roles on the miniseries Defending Jacob and The Stand. As a voice artist, he is known for voicing Cave Johnson in the video game Portal 2 (2011), Tenzin in The Legend of Korra (2012–2014), Stanford “Ford” Pines in Gravity Falls (2015–2016), Kai in Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), Mayor Leodore Lionheart in Zootopia (2016), the titular character in Klaus (2019), Pig Baby in Season 4 of the HBO Max animated series Infinity Train (2021), and Nolan “Omni-Man” Grayson in the Amazon Prime action animated series Invincible (2021). He has been the voice of the Yellow M&M since 1996.
J.K. Simmons
Lieutenant James Gordon
for Lieutenant James Gordon in The Batman: World’s Greatest Detective (2014)
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Gotham reels as a string of brutal murders strikes its elite, each crime scene marked by cryptic riddles exposing the city’s darkest secrets. When the district attorney is found dead beneath a twisted puzzle condemning Gotham’s corruption, Assistant DA Harvey Dent rises as the city’s “white knight,” vowing justice through law. Batman, five years into his crusade, and Robin, Dick Grayson, two years as his partner, hunt the killer across a city rotting beneath the weight of crime families like the Falcones and the grip of Oswald Cobblepot’s Penguin-run underworld. The Gotham City Police Department remains fractured by corruption, with only a few honest voices like Lieutenant James Gordon standing alongside Batman. As the murders escalate, Riddler’s riddles strike closer, targeting Bruce Wayne himself, accusing the wealthy of moral failure. When Batman and Robin finally corner Edward Nygma, more blood stains the streets—several of Gotham’s corrupt elite fall in one final act of cruelty, including the brutal assassination of Commissioner Loeb. With the city shaken, Nygma is dragged into Arkham Asylum, his mind unraveling into madness. In the silence of his padded cell, distant, mocking laughter echoes from down the hall. Post Credits: Diana Prince studies ancient artifacts, her eyes fixed on symbols of Themyscira, sensing the stirrings of destiny.
